Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-06-06

Chinese Prosperity As InstanCed by the
Growth of Provision stores in Mott
street-ArticIes kept for saIc--swe.t-
meats. Liquors.
/ EvS since the Americans uutiyc horn
/ blue hlooded0 have given up the grocery
/ business and left il almost entirely "a
/ their Irish and German brethren. tho
/ Chinese have been quietly starting gro
Cery stores on their own account. NS a
matter of compliment th-y ~ay. Had the
Americans been properly attending Ia
their own business, the Cinnamon wuuld
not have started 80 many oriental Del
lcateSSenS' IN this city, a. they think the
pure hlooded American Is "A uu,ll Of
business integrity If nothing else.
The present great Chinese prosperity in
the provision line in New York started
about six Years ago. There were then
but two stores, those Of Wa krr and
hwong Hing Lung There are now
thirty three, mostly un Mott street f. v
are still on the increase almost monthly.
Their progress j. only impr,irl Ily the
present want of suitable prgmi~rs in which
To open them. Already almost nll of Mott
street, from Pen street to Chatham square,
has been taken up by Chinese merchants:
even the large tenement houses arr. T.gp-
idly being converted into Chinese head
quarters. Nearly a quarter Of China
town is now bought and paid for 10y the
CelestialS
CHINESE BUSINESS CAPACITY.
IL may he interesting Ia many readers
10 get an idea ot the extent Of the Chinese
business capacity of New York and what
they deal in mostly. Let Us lirst glance
over their retail trade exclusively amuu,
themselves The following are the priu-
clpal articles Ot trade III the Chinese gro.
Ceries: Dried fowls. smoked and Saltcl
Chinese pork, sausages, ham. dried uys-
lers, smoked oysters. dried aud smoked
CLAIMS, shad dried, smoked and Eaunrd in
oll, ami other fishes cured in lIk manner.
ShrlmpS and Holsters dried h n ,u1lls
IN all varieties, like the Italian mararunl;
also CanHcd bean CuTalc ~ c8t~up
Chinese cabbage, dried and also in har-
rcls, cured in vinegar. This Is really de-
Hcious, and beats the saurkraUt Of Ger
man make in every respect BamhCu
shoots in all varieties. lily flowers dried.
sea weeds, fungus. mushrooms. sharks
f1ns. These are so cured that they re-
semble dried starch. When cooked with
pork they taste like It dchcafely cooked
tripe. Beche de mer IA Species Of sea
worm, greatly valued as food tonic by
all orientals. Bears paws dried sell at
about Sl2 per pound retail; also as a tonic
bears gall as high as $40 per pound |
Chinese yams in all grades. One called |
the woo toe is really the finest: il is a
species not al all known here, but in taste
is much finer than the ordinary potato: il |
has very tough but thin skin. When |
growing ii has leaves resembling our
water lilies. Just about this time Of the |
year the Chinese gardeners 81 New lurk |
are furnishing their countryren with |
fresh grown Chinese vegetables. which |
are rather poor i'll quality, probably owing |
To the peculiar soil here. The kOo qua. or |
bitter melon, is a most fayurltc dish |
among the New York Cinnamon last now, |
and it Is eaten like the continental pump
kins by the Yankees of New Englaud |
koo qua is grown somewhere on Long
Island and is sold at twenty five cents a
pound fresh.